good morning. i'm chris jansing. the terror threat isn't debating. and right now, the state department is getting nonemergency personnel out of yemen. we are not sure how many people were told to leave because of the increased threat from al qaeda but we do know this morning u.s. air force transport planes are headed back to the united states carrying nonextension prime minister. we know a suspected u.s. drone strike killed four al qaeda in yemen today but not clear if that has any connection what is going on now. this morning we are learning where the terror threat came from. the intercepted chatter that close 19 u.s. embassies and

consulates. they talked about timing of a significant attack to coincide with a muslim holiday. aquap has been the source of at least three plots in 2009. the underwear bomber and in 2010 a cargo bomb plot and 2009 a failed attempt to kill a rising saudi leader. >> al qaeda cannot carry out an attack of the magnitude in 9/11 i don't think but it's hard to find out where the attack is coming out and who is carrying it out. >> i want to bring in terrorism annual analyst evan coleman and general barry mccaffrey. we don't know about any new threat yet. i want to start, if we can, in yemen with this conversation, evan, between the number one essentially and the new number two of al qaeda. is there something else going on

here besides that, that you can sense? does it anything to do with the drone strikes? >> well, look. there have been a number of drone strikes? yemen the last week or two and they seem to be going after senior leaders. among the people targeted the names were a former gitmo detainee who is a senior al qaeda leader in yemen and the master bombmaker behind some of the very significant terror plots. >> there has been a lot of talk about this and for the first time folks who don't follow it closely are hearing about actual bombs being implanted in people. >> yeah. >> big concern. this is the guy? >> this is the scary thing. this guy has gotten to the point now he is developing explosives that he believes can be concealed inside of a person, can be surgically implanted. to be fair, there have been some efforts with this before and they don't usually succeed. usually the person doesn't survive the surgery. but if they can succeed with this there is a problem because it goes to the whole idea of the underwear bomb plot. how with we looking for

underwear bombers in airports? looking for people concealing stuff in their underwear but if you're surgically implanting something if you the with not show up. >> we just don't know at this particular time? >> we don't know. >> president obama said on the election they are on the run. lindsey graham says they are stronger than ever. michael chernoff said al qaeda is more dangerous than ever. what is your take? >> probably a great deal of truth to all of it. we have done a phenomenal job particularly the cia with the support of the department of defense both in the sanctuary areas of pakistan and yemen and other areas and targeting their leadership, their bombmakers and understanding the plots. having said that, you know, it seems to me the danger is it will continue. it's most sensitive when it's aimed at vulnerable targets not at the u.s. armed forces but, instead, our embassies, our

tourists. so it's a continuing problem. one thing, chris, deserves to be said, though. the wagging tongues in the u.s. government that talk about the intercepts that we are listening to are simply appalling to me. these close down intelligence sources may not be recreated for another year. too bad we can't keep secrets. >> is part of the problem the government is walking a fine line? you know, general, i live here in new york city where an awful lot of people lived through 9/11. when they hear there is some sort of chatter going on that is at the level of pre9/11, they want to know what is going on and the government feels they have to give some level of explanation for why they are saying what they are saying and doing what they are doing. >> every time we exploit an electronic vulnerability of

these people should be controlled and not made public. these are congressional tongues and others wagging and destroying vulnerabilities we found in terrorist organizations. it seems to me it puts us at greater risk. >> evan, let me go back and talk about that conversation, particularly, and these two men. imman al zawahiri and new number two, al asiri. what do we know about them and how significant is it that they are actually talking to each other? because to the uninitiated outsider it would seem it makes sense these two high level people within al qaeda are talking. >> the probable is we've never had direct conphenomenon trags about the level of these two leaders. these are the two most important al qaeda factions out there right now. the two al qaeda factions that have made determined efforts to strike here in the u.s. homeland with the cargo bomb plot and liquid bomb plot and 9/11,

right? if these guys are in close communication planning major attacks that is very problematic. this is a guy who is in afghanistan, alongside osama bin laden and kaurted and went back to prison and escaped from prison. >> what is going on with these prison breaks? >> it's scary. >> this was while ago but we had someone the last couple of weeks as well. >> the last couple of weeks very dramatic prison breaks. over a thousand taliban prisoners were able to escape in the hinterlands. a couple of days ago 4,000 prisoners walked out of leppo prisoner after islamic state of iraq launched an attack on that prison. we have seen prison breaks in iraq and abu ghraib and elsewhere. some of them gotten out we never will see again but unfortunately we will see some again and we will find out they are as dedicated what they were sent there to begin with. >> general, what do we need to do? what is the strategy moving

forward? because when it comes to the middle east, obviously, we are getting out of iraq and afghanistan. we are helping some of the rebels some syria. seems like we are relying on drones to go after so many targets now. what is the strategy moving forward? >> i think we have probably done about as well as we can. it's very stensive diplomatic and intelligence service involvement throughout the so-called arabian spring countries. it is a dangerous situation. it is not a significant threat to the u.s. armed forces. we ought to keep it in context. again, i think thank god for the cia. they are the most important tool we have in confronting these terrorist threats. >> thank you very much. always good to see you, general, and evan as well. i want to bring in jerry nadler, a congressman from new york. you represent not just new york city but ground zero is part of your constituency. with everything that is happening, i'm sure you're getting questions.

i get questions as a member of the media. and i'm sure the question is are we safe? what are you telling people? >> well, there's a war going on so we are not totally safe. we never are totally safe. but i think we're relatively safe. that is to say we are probably safer than in a long time. al qaeda has been great deal diminished in its capabilities but doesn't mean it's zero. they are usually dead or in prison and the cia tells us all of our intelligence people tell us that their operational capabilities are greatly ghsh diminished but they are still there. >> the fact we were able to track this conversation and pulling embassy personnel, it's a good caution? >> it's a good caution. you should never not be cautious and i've seen some people saying, well, maybe this is just the admission trying to take

attention way from something else and that is nonsense. it's as bogus as the republican attacks on president clinton when he attacked osama bin laden with missiles in 1998 and they said this is just wagging a dog to take attention from monica lewinsky. there is no evidence from that then and no evidence from anything other than honesty on the part of the administration taking reasonable precautions now. >> lau let's switch gears and talk about the economy. the president is proposing overhauling the nation's mortgage system. big changes maybe to fannie and freddie. a lot of americans the dream, the personification of the dream has been home ownership but it is out of reach for a lot of people. what do you want to hear from the president today? what can he accomplish? >> a number of thijs the president can accomplish. i'd like to see him double down on saying we have got to spend money in infrastructure and repeal the sequester and get money flowing into the economy to put more people back to work and get the economy going.

you know, this president, when he took office besides losing 800,000 jobs a month to gain 50,000 jobs in 14 months we had a deficit of about over 10% of gdp and we have roofed it by almost 60%. now down to 4.7% of gdp. we have done enough on the deficit for the moment and pivot and work on jobs. >> let's talk specifically what congress can do. home ownership, going back to that point. 17-year -- and a half year low in the sqaurkecond quarter. better job market what analysts are pointing to. what is in the pipeline for congress that needs to get done and can get done? >> several things need to get done. i don't think what the president is proposing today but i think we should allow people whose mortgages are under water to cram down the mortgage to the size -- to cram down what they owe to the size of the value of the house and do that for everything except houses. congress passed this when

democrats controlled a couple times. that is the house did and we should repeal the sequester which is increasing unemployment. >> new york congressman jerry nadler, good to see you and thanks for coming in. >> a pleasure. for nearly four years, after the shooting rampage at ft. hood that killed 13, now the trial of the accused gunman army major nadal hasan begins today and controversy over the staggering cost to taxpayers. the army spent $5 million including cost of transporting hasan back and forth by helicopter and rental costs for a trailer he works in also called the hasan hut. he is still getting paid $300,000 since his arrest. that will continue. full salary unless he is convicted. nbc charles hadlock is live in

killeen, texas, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. the military trial for major nadal hasan is under way here at ft. hood a mile or so from the medical readiness unit where three years ago he shot and killed 13 soldiers and wounded 32 others. now in previous hearings, major hasan has tried to lead guilty to the charges but because this case involves the death penalty, it has to go through this article 32 court-martial hearing. hasan has elected to represent himself which now presents the bizarre opportunity for major hasan to actually cross-examine some of the people he allegedly shot. one of those is sergeant alonzo lu lunsford who told us he is looking forward to talk to the man who tried to kill him. here is what he had to say. >> i will not show fear in the face of an enemy because the man

who shot me, major hasan is the man who going to be cross-examining me and that is a huge challenge. >> reporter: sergeant lundford is the lead witness in this case after opening statements begin this afternoon. opening statements are underway right now. lunsford will testify later today. the judge in this trial will say this trial will last at least a month and possibly two. chris, back to you. >> charles hadlock, thank you. breaking news. in the morning a health scare for former president george w. bush. during his annual physical yesterday, doctors found a blockage in an artery. this morning, president bush had a stent to open that blockage. he is supposedly in good spirits and eager to return to a normal schedule. and we have home insurance. but if we made a claim, our rate would go up... [ whispering ] shhh. you did it right. you have allstate claim rate guard so your rates won't go up just because of a claim. [ whispering ] are we still in a dream?

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in. good to see you. he says he is disappointed with the penalty but he never said i did not use performance-enhancing drugs. am i missing something here? >> he certainly didn't deny it and maybe not in his best interest to do this at this point. just this past weekend people saying alex rodriguez will never play a major league baseball game. last night he was on the field batting cleanup and playing third base and even had a single in his first at-bat. he is going to fight this thing as hard as he can. at this point, that means going through the grievance process and that process is one that could last until november or december, meaning he might play every game the rest of the season for the yankees. >> one of the big questions for people who don't follow it very closely is, look. you got a dozen other players involved in this whole biogenesis scandal and they accepted 50-game suspensions. he gets an unprecedented 211-game suspension. why? why that difference? >> major league baseball is saying that alex rodriguez malfeasance was worse than that

of any other player. they are saying he recruited other players to the biogenesis clinic and they are accusing him of all other sorts of other violations. i think it's also a symbolic suspension. alex rodriguez, for so long, was the face of his generation in a positive way as baseball's most talented player. now he's become the face of the steroid generation and major league baseball and commissioner bud selig wants to punish him for that. >> you talk about him being the face of the generation. we talked about this some yesterday about the natural talent this guy had, extraordinary. so sort of begs the question, why would he even do this? david brooks tried to answer that in his column today. he wrote, self-preoccupation creates an ego that is at once overinflated and overly sensitive. self-preoccupation also seems to make it noored supremely talented people like a-rod to deal with their own talents. every step along the way rodriguez chased self-maximation

which ed ended up leading to self-destruction. do you think david brooks is right? >> i think he is. alex rodriguez is in some ways a tragic figure and hard to feel sorry for him thit. he had more natural talent than any other player of his generation but it wasn't enough for him. he had to take that extra step. he was so insecure. and now, you know, he's made $350 million in his career. he's had a very good life but he is headed towards a fall. >> he is not without his supporters. the union is backing him saying bud selig, the baseball commissioner, has not acted fair. they say rodriguez is trying to cement himself as the guy who cleaned up baseball from performance-enhancing drugs. but beyond the next few months, what are the chances alex rodriguez has a future in professional baseball? >> i think he does. i think this suspension by major league baseball was an overreach. he is protected by the union. he is protect by the collective

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yesterday and that is when doctors discovered there was a blocked artery in his heart. they took a look at it and their recommendation was to place a stent to open that artery in the former president agreed to have that procedure which was done this morning at texas health presbyterian center. we were told it was successfully. we were told it was successful and he will hope to resume his schedule on thursday. this is particularly notable because george w. bush is such an athlete. we all remember seeing lots of examples of when he would be biking and cycling and has actually great cardio fitness and has maintained that over the year, so it may be a bit surprising that he had a blocked artery. he suggests to everyone to get their own checkups and also put out a message saying he thanks family, friends, and the general public for their good wishes. so this was unplanned but it is the kind of procedure that happens quite frequently and once that stent is in position it helps open up that artery and

you get the blow flowing again. as doctors tell us, he is doing well. also saying he is in high spirits. we have been hearing reports over the last many months about the elder president bush so this did come as a surprise. again, george w. bush doing well. now 67 years old. and he is hospitalized in texas. chris? >> nbc's kelly o'donnell, thank you for that update. a big fight brewing over upcoming miniseries and docuseries on hillary clinton. reince priebus calls the program thinly veiled attempt at putting a thumb on the scales of the 2016 presidential election. >> they are promoting hillary clinton and they are going to spend millions of dollars doing it. i think we have responsibility as a party to make the choices as to who our debate partners are. >> in a statement, nbc news says it's completely independent of

nbc entertainment and has no involvement in this project. and cnn says instead of making premature decisions, the rn shrks shournc should limit judgment. let's bring in ed rendell and former rnc chairman, michael steele. good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> gooim good morning. >> michael, if you you were chair now would you do the same thing? >> i probably would raise the red flag. i see the rnc's position here as this thing gets set up to have these two very high profile, you know, commercials for hillary clinton. yeah, i think -- >> how do we know they are commercials? >> look. come on. of course, they are. of course, they are. so the fact of the matter it -- >> i haven't seen the scripts. >> i'm talking from a political standpoint. i'm not talking about, you know,

the artistic value and all that. talking about a national party going into what will be a hotly contested open seat for the presidency and hillary clinton is the touted figure for the democrats to have these two very, you know, high profile biopicks. yeah, i think they are from a political standpoint you raise the flag. >> governor, is this nothing more than a couple of infomercials for hillary clinton? >> we don't know. you raise the right issue, chris. we haven't seen these. i don't think michael has seen them. i have not. i don't think mr. priebus has. i think he would be better served spending his time to tell his party getting something done for the country. >> the question has been raised. why don't they do a couple of pieces on, say, chris christie? isn't he an interesting and compelling figure? >> well, chris christie has had a couple of pieces and not necessarily by television but the cover story on "time"

magazine. i don't see the democrats protesting at the time and i thought that was pretty much of a buff piece but we don't know. look. in the end, respect the voters. no voter is going to decide the vote for or against hillary clinton based on some film that shown on an entertainment channel. let's respect the voters. they are not dumb. we have a tendency to denigrate the intelligence of the voters and by and large they get it right. >> michael, another take on this is republicans really are that scared of hillary clinton. a recent poll says she is right behind chris christie. that is this feeling thermometers. but do you really think, do you think republicans think that a documentary or miniseries can translate into votes? >> no. you're jumping to a point that has nothing to do with politics in that sense. this is just from a purely political, you know, branding name identification. >> i mean, what is her cue

score? what is her name identification? >> her name identification is through the roof. look. i'm not saying that this is, you know, that this is the be be all and end all and the earth is going to move with this, whether or not these documentaries show. i'm speaking from a purely political point. you asked me as a party chairman what my reaction would be, that is my reaction. i would raise the flag and say this is a little suspicious these two high profile networks are running these biopicks before the start of the 2016 election. >> there is another side to this, isn't there? nbc news got a statement from a clinton source, quote, the rnc and hrc can't even agree that the sun rose this morning. doing so here should really give cnn and nbc pause before moving forward on these ill-conceived projects. couldn't these have a negative impact as well? >> sure. we have no idea. they could be things that cast

hillary in unfavorable light. the bottom line is michael have advised marco rubio to complain to "time" magazine that did this cover story and puff piece essentially about chris christie. >> do you think it's the same thing? >> cover story is not the same as nbc produced television spectacular. i'm sorry, it's not the same thing. >> look. "time" sells magazines. nbc entertainment is to watch tv. you're talking about difference in graen not kind. should marco rubio complained about "time" doing a -- >> priebus is complaining on the republican party and not a particular candidates. the only caution i would have is putting on the table at this stage without having to your point without having seen what

this is, the idea you're going to be cut off -- >> maybe going a little too far? >> i think it's little too far. to get an eyebrow raised about it is a politically smart thing to do. >> or maybe it has more people talking about hillary. who knows. >> secretly working for nbc. >> ed rendell and michael steele, thank you. >> thanks. checking the news feed this morning. california police have issued an amber alert for a missing teen and her younger brother. hanna anderson is 16 and edgean is 8 and both blond hair. police say james dimaggio took the children after killing their mother and setting fire to their home. dimaggio is believed to be driving a blue nissan versa with california plates and headed to canada or texas. locals are being asked to contact police if they see anything. describing the suspect as posing an extraordinary threat to life or property.

in a final chapter worthy of a hollywood gangster flick, 18-member jury is deliberating the fate of whitey bulger. prosecutors described him as one of the most vicious violent and calculating criminals to ever walk the streets of boston. defense lawyers question the testimony of gangster witnesses. bulger is charged with 19 murders, extortion and money laund laundering. update on two boys believed to have been killed by a snake in canada. today, autopsies will be performed on the 5 and 7-year-olds. investigators say they were asleep in an apartment above an exotic pet store when the python escaped from its enclosure and slithered through the ventilation system. it it was captured and turned over to police. the house are aerial castro held three women for more than a decade will be torn down tomorrow. yesterday, castro's children were seen removing personal items. castro sentenced to life behind

bars plus a thousand years. take the ear buds out and look up. walking while texting or listening to music is being blamed for an increase in pedestrian deaths. according to the national highway traffic safety administration, texting distractions may have contributed to meaner 4,300 pedestrian traffic deaths in 2010 alone. cities can now apply for a piece of a $2 million federal grant to combat distractive walking. we are all guilty of it, right? a price war heating up among the electric carmakers fueled by sluggish demand for plug-in vehicles. general motors is slash its price on chevy volt 5,000. 13%. grandma says it's loring the price on their electric models. "the washington post" is making big headlines. being sold to amazon founder and ceo jeffrey bezos.

so interesting reading about this this morning. a lot of questions, including can bezos figure out how to turn around the buying newspaper business? >> it does remain to be seen exactly what he is going to do, chris. he has said that the internet is transforming almost every area of the news business. it's shortening news cycles, it's cutting away at those long reliable revenue sources. it's enabling new kinds of competition as well. some which bear little or no news gathering cost. bezos has quite a bit of experience at getting at dollars with amazon ramping up its own ad strategy in rents years, tce. amazon has kindle and books and music and news as well you can get there.

he is a billionaire and buying the paper for $250 million and chump change for somebody with over $25 billion. more than importantly, bezos comes with the blessing of warren buffett who invested in newspapers recently and buffett has called bezos as america's finest ceo. >> not bad praise. thank you. >> thank you. the list that incoming college freshman love and their parents hate. the princeton review is out with its 2014 list of top party schools. three of my producers will attest, syracuse, number five. west virginia university comes in fourth. at three, university of illinois at urbana, champaign. runner-up is santa barbara. the most sober school repeat winner brigham young university. you can get a list of the full list at jansing.msnbc.com. 0

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former marine captain. good to see you. welcome back. >> thank you. >> what did you think when you saw the poster? >> unfortunately, this comes in a long line of posters the d.o.d. has put out to allegedly prevent sexual assault. the worst that we have heard in the invisible war is ask her when she is sober. ask her when she is sober. the d.o.d. has a problem with messages. it just simply fails to understand that women and men who are raped or assaulted or harassed are not responsible for their own rapes, assaults, or harassment. that it's the perpetrator who should be held accountable. there are no posters out there that say don't rape, don't assault, don't harass. that is the kind of messaging we need to see from the d.o.d. >> it was a battalion commander who saw this in the bathroom and so outraged she posted a letter criticizing it. here is part of it. posters like this only contribute to alienating the victims by making them feel they will be blamed for what happened to them. this serves to promote the only

current rape culture entrenched in the military today by putting the spotlight on the victim instead of nailing the perpetrator to the wall and one of the things i know you said stood out for you is someone who shares your values. >> absolutely. in the military each branch of service has his own core values. in the marine corps it's honor, courage and i wear my eagle pin. those values are not supposed to include raping, assaulting or harassing your fellow service member. they are supposed to be about protecting and serving one another. >> we did ask the air force for a response and here what they sent us this morning. the poster in question is hardly the sum total of our attempts to prevent sexual assault. we have implemented robust training for all airmen designed both to deter potential defenders as well as give airmen the warns and tools they need to step in and stop assaults from taking place and assuring our airmen know how best to protect themselves to help prevent a

crime from occurring with posters like these is just one component of our wide ranging efforts. is that fair? >> absolutely not. the d.o.d., again, it has a fundamental problem conflating alcohol awareness, common sense alcohol awareness which probably every person in the united states should grow up learning, with sexual assault awareness. tend of the day, the perpetrator should be held accountable for his crime, not the victim! >> maryland senator barbara mckulski is pushing for how well superintendents of the nation's military academied address the problem of sexual assault and make shurs it starts at the beginning. is the key to get this early message to cadets? what do you think about her proposal? >> well, it's important to include the academies in this conversation. only a minority of officers are coming from the academies. sometimes we tend to put a little too much focus on the

academies in general. it's important that we understand training future officers includes teaching accountability on day one, that if you commit a crime or if you harass your fellow service members we are going to end you. we are going to end your career. we had a long line of scandals at west point this year, including the rugby team, the football team. there's not only a jock culture that is sexist but one that is now currently condoning sexual harassment and sexual assault of women cadets at west point and it has got to end. i don't want to put too much of a focus on west point because it's happening at all of the academies and certainly other programs as well. we have to root out this pathology that says it's okay and that victims are responsible for their own crimes. >> good to see you. thanks for coming in. today's tweet of the day comes from green peace. today marks 68 years after the bombing of hiroshima. a reminder of the devastation

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a stunning revelation about a college professor and the decades old murder of his family has shaken a small illinois community. nbc kevin tibbles is in decatud, illinois, with the details. >> reporter: this is a story of murder and secrets and new identities. and, today, it is all out in the open here in key decatur, illin. this school is trying to come to terms with the revelation one of its own has for years reportedly concealed a troubled and deadly past. a texas newspaper revealed that popular psychology professor james st. james was once known as james walcott of georgetown, texas. at age 15 he used a.22-caliber rifle to mur his mother and

father and 17-year-old sister back in 1967. >> it was so stunning. such a horrible thing that there wasn't -- what is there left to say in. >> reporter: almost 50 years ago reporters investigated. james spent six years in a mental institution before being relieved reportedly changing his name. as james st. james, he went on to earn a ph.d. and taught here since 1988 winning numerous awards. >> he is a great teacher and wouldn't like to see him go. >> reporter: the school said the yooverlt has only recently listen made aware of dr. st. james' past.

>> legally there's no requirement for him to offer up that type of information and why would you if you're trying to get a job? >> reporter: despite the university sport the mayor is calling for st. james to step down. the sheriff lashed out in a statement saying if you kill your family, you deserve never to walk free in our society. nbc news attempted to reach professor st. james at his decatur address but no one answered the door. despite the revelations, st. james, who sometimes played guitar at this decatur bar, is still admired. >> we know him as a positive force in this community. >> reporter: milliken saying it fully expects him to teach at the school come fall. >> unbelievable story. kevin, thank you.

wra tha thomas roberts is up next. the agenda next hour, the breaking news press george w. bush hospitalized after doctors discover a blockage in an artery in his heart. we bring you the details on his condition from a texas hospital. then american embassies abroad on lock down. more details of the terrorist threats emerging and u.s. official telling nbc news under 100 u.s. personnel were flown out of yemen today calling this a nonemergency evacuation of personnel. we are going dive deeper on that one. from multimillion dollar jewel thief to honor cop? we will talk about that and much more coming up at the top of the hour. this day calls you.

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live for us at the white house. what more do we know about this, kelly? >> reporter: this came about during the annual physical checkup the former president has at his doctor in dallas, texas. what we are told by aides is that during the exam there was a discovery of a blocked artery. what we don't know, were there any symptoms? anything leading up to that? that, we don't know. what we can say about the former president is he has maintained a very rigorous physical activity. he is known for cycling and doing a lot of cardio exercise so that makes this even more surprising in some ways at least from a layperson's point of view. he hasn't had any other complicated medical issues. mostly it's been scrapes from falling off bicycles where he's had treatment in the past and issues with his knees. so what we learned is that he went this morning into a procedure, not open heart surgery, nothing like that. a stent procedure which can be done through an artery where a stent is placed in, the blocked artery to open